profugus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From prōfugiō (I flee, run away or escape).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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profugus (feminine profuga, neuter profugum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. that which flees, has fled, fugitive
  2. unsettled, roving, vagabond, wandering
  3. banished, exiled

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative profugus profuga profugum profugī profugae profuga
Genitive profugī profugae profugī profugōrum profugārum profugōrum
Dative profugō profugō profugīs
Accusative profugum profugam profugum profugōs profugās profuga
Ablative profugō profugā profugō profugīs
Vocative profuge profuga profugum profugī profugae profuga

Descendants

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  • Catalan: pròfug
  • Italian: profugo
  • Spanish: prófugo
  • Portuguese: prófugo

References

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  • profugus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • profugus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • profugus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • homeless: domo profugus (Liv. 1. 1)